Check-controlled article-delivery apparatus



' Oct. 16,1928.

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E. B. HERMAN CHECK CONLIROLLED ARTICLE DELIVERY APPARATUS F1196 March 30192"! attain/e1 4 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 0&(16, 1928. Q I 1,687,812

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Patented Oct. 16, 1928.

EDWARD EB. HERMAN, F WATERTOWN, .MASSACHULSETTS.

onEox-coNrnoLLnn ARTICLE-DELIVERY ArrnnArUs.

Application filed March 30, 1927. Serial no. 179,517.

My said invention relates to improvements n check controlled articledelivery appara tus of the type designed for delivering wafers orsimilar articles and to an improved form of wafer for use in connection.

therewith, the apparatus and wafer being in fact specially designed formutual co- The invention aims to provide an apparatus which may beveryeconomically manufactured, and'which will be simple and efficient in.operation, the shape of the wafer in 1 connection with the operation ofthe deliv ery apparatus facilitating the operation of the latter. 7 Afurther object is to provide an apparatusin which the wafers will befully eX-. posed to view and theshape of the latter and the containerpresent a novel and distinctive appearance, formingthereby aself-advertising device.

invention includes the novel apparatus and article hereinafter describedand defined by the appended claims.

\Vhat I at present consider the preferred embodiment of the invention isillustrated in. the accompanying drawings in which:'-

Figure 1 is a front view of the apparatus.

Fig; 2 is a side elevationpartly in section.

Fig. 3 is, a detail view in elevation of the back member. f

Fig. 4 is a detail of the wafer, and

Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 3" partly broken away;

Referring by reference characters to "these figures, the numeral 1designates a back or main supporting member of suitable dimensions whichmay conveniently be-of wood having its front face provided with a central longitudinal groove 1 of a width and thickness to receive andpermit the passage of a coin of the proper fdenomination'say for examplea penny, the groove being preferably flared at the upper end tofacilitate the entrance of thecoin.

A face plate 2 secured to the front face of the member 1 by suitablemeans such for example as screws, covers the open side of the groove 1thereby forming a coin chute. This face plate 2' forms the back of thewafer holding chamber. By making the back plate and face plate separate,I can economically and expeditiously form the coin chute by making agroove of the proper depth and WVith these and other objects in view,the

width in the back plate and convert this into a coin chute by merelyapplying the face plate. A s thewafer which I have designed istriangular in shape, it isnecessary to provide but twoconverging sides3, *3 meeting at the front. I prefer to niake these sides in the form oftwo glass plates or slabs as shown. The face plate? is of slightly lesswidth than the back late thereby foi ming" rabbets 1 in which t 1e backedges of the glass plates are seated, while their front edges abut asshown. The side edges of the back plate are preferably beveled as indicated atl so as to conform in slope to the incline of the glassplates; 7 h 7 For holding the glass plates in position i provide upperand lower brackets 1 and 5 having endsovjerlapping the inclinedsides ofthe back plate and secured in any suitable manner The inner faces ofthe'lower bracket memher are provided with flanges or ledges 5 uponwhich the bottom end edges oft'he glass plates rest,an'dthe internalapex of this bracket is providedwith a ledge or abut ment 5 upon whichthe front corner of the bottom triangularwafer rests. The bracket thekeyhole being shown.

Asshown in Fig. 1 each'wafer 6 is of triangular shape and has its rearedge beveled as indicated at 6 and its front edge likewise beveled asindicated at 6". This beveling produces three relatively sharp corners,a, a. andjb. The front corner rests on the a-bi'itment 5" beforereferred to, it being understood that the wafers are placed in theholding chamber with the beveled faces uppermost.

' For sustaining the rear corners, I provide a transverse shaft 7journaled in suit able bearings 7 securedto the back plate 1 beneaththelower edge of the face plate, which shaft carries toothed or wingedwafer engaging and releasing membersS, each of which preferably has fourwings as shown,

1 having its side arms slidably held in guides 9* carried by themember 1. The bottom of bottom water to enter the delivery space 13.,

the loop supports a coin impact receiving plate 10 and the loop issupportedin proper position, normally, by a leaf spring 11 having itsends secured to the bottom end of the back member l iby suitable clipsor re-.

taining' devices 12.

WVhen no coin is on the plate 10, the spring holds the U shaped memberelevated so that its upper ends engage the depending wings of themembers 8 which causes the next succeeding wings to project into thewafer receiving chamber and thus support the rear corners a a of thebottom wafer of the pile. Upon the insertion of a coin in the coin chutethis drops to the bottom and strikes the plate 11 which causes thespring to yield sufliciently to draw the ends of the U-shaped member 9out'oif engagement with the depending wings of the wafer supportingdevices 8, whereupon these rotate under the weight of the pile ofwaters, allowing the Due to the beveled rear edges of the wafer, amplespace is provided for the entry or the next succeeding wing beneath thenext lowermost water of the pile, and as the spring 11 immediatelyreturns the upper ends or member 9 into normal and engaging position,but one water will be delivered and, the remainder held supported in thecontainer until another coin is inserted.

The lower end of the back member 1 is provided with a bifurcated orrecessed portion indicated at 1 which permits the coin to tip over anddrop into the coin receptacle ll, the fixedtop of which li receives thedelivered water. I I

The coin receptacle is'provided with a door 15, preferably in itsbottom, capable of beingopened to withdraw the coins, which door isprovided with a suitable lock (not shown).

lVhile I have described my invention with considerable particularity itwill be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may bemade without departing from the'spirit of my invention.

In practice the brackets 4 and 5 maybe formed as integral extensions ofsheet metal casing having inclined sides to abut against and be securedto the inclined side edges of the back plate, which sheet metal casingmaybe continued-below the lower end of the back plate to form the coinreceptacle, which of course would be provided with a back closure wall(not shown).

I claim as my invention: r

1. In a coin cont-rolled article delivery apparatus a storage chamber ofsubstantially triangular shape in cross section to receive waters ofcorresponding shape, said chamber having a wafer supporting abutment inone corner, and means for releasably sup porting the opposite edge ofthe wafer comprising a pair of spaced rotary members having wingsadapted to successively project into the path 01 the wa ters, yieldablysup ported U-shaped member having its arms adapted to" engage the wingsof said members, and means for causing a coin to actuate said U-shapedmember. Y

2. In a coin controlled article delivery apparatus a storage chamberhaving a fixed abutment for supporting one edge otthe bottommostof apile of articles, a pair of spaced rotatable members having wingsadapted to successively project into engagement wlth the other edge ofthe article, a

substantially U-shaped member having arms slidably held with theirends'in proximity to said'rotatable members, yieldable means I ment withthe other edge of the article, a

substantially U-shaped member having arms slidably held with theirendsin proximity to said, rotatable members, a leaf spring yieldablysupporting said U-shaped member and normally holding the ends of itsarms in the path oisaid wings a coin impact receiving plate carried inthe base of said U-shaped member,

' i In testimony whereof, I'afiixmysignature.

" EDWARD B HERMAN.

